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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Jordan said that the remaining lands, the 28 sites, could be subject to the residential zone land tax. How progressed are the plans for those sites?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: What is the issue with them?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Where the challenge exists vis-à-viswater and drainage, what is the relationship and co-operation with Irish Water on those sites and all sites?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It is not holding up any development?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I only have a few minutes left. I wish to touch on a few other items. The multi-unit development and owner-management company seminars which the Housing Agency frequently runs are very beneficial, particularly for those who are new or unlucky enough to serve on management companies. They need that information and expertise. I suggest that the Housing Agency needs to give more of a lead-in...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It is good to hear that it is being exceeded. The mortgage to rent scheme touches on people who are at risk of losing their homes. Some 6,000 individuals have availed of that scheme since it began. What is the current trajectory by the Housing Agency for the demand, given the inflationary cycle over the past 12 months?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is there good engagement and take-up of the scheme at present? My main concern is that those who need to avail of it are aware of it, that it is being offered and that those applications are being progressed.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites (14 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: There was a mention of housing for Ukrainians. It is not necessarily Mr. Doyle's Department but it involves local authorities, including in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. In April 2022, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council opened the Ballyogan Regional Temporary Rest Centre for Ukrainians. There is a capacity for 300 but there are only about 30 places being utilised and this has been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the provision of DART carriages during rush hour times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the ongoing review into the terms and conditions of pension provisions for former members of An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); if she will ask her officials to review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the decision of her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the Hot School Meals programme, given that their sister school has been approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures, in tabular form, for the volume of complaints to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission year-on-year since its establishment in 2007; how many Garda have been suspended year-on-year since 2007; how many cases remain open (by timeframe); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Dec 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if apprenticeships for crèches are being considered; if so, what allocation has been given to the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55456/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome Mr. McKeon and his team and indeed all the witnesses. At the outset, Mr. McKeon paid tribute to his own staff particularly during the pandemic and the way in which they adapted very quickly and payments were made. I concur with that. I have said it before and I will say again that the public service turned services into payment on the head of a pin. It assisted the public in a...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Have those 400 positions been filled?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. McKeon made reference to the ex gratiapayment to the social welfare branch managers. Are those 56 offices that are effectively on contract the public offices around the country?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024)

Cormac Devlin: However, the Department has 61 branches.